Happy Birthday examples

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You just remembered it’s their birthday today and you want to mark it with something more than a simple email. Ideally you want something a little unusual,  special, even unique. Something, anyway, that looks like a little bit of thought has gone into it.

Well, stop right there because now Minetoo has it covered. Using our new Happy Birthday app you can easily make a card like these in just a couple of clicks. Literally.  Email, send to a Minetoo friend, pin to Pinterest or post on Facebook.
You’ll never forget a birthday again.

Free to use and fun too.

Get started here:

http://www.minetoo.com/home

Pinterest backgrounds

Pinterest and Minetoo are the perfect alliance. We not only have a library of images ready to pin but we’re also perfect for taking Pinterest to the next level. Sooner or later you’ll want to make your own pins and we’re here to help you do just that. Quickly and easily.

Below you’ll find  some of the newest background  images to be added to the Minetoo Picture Library. Notice they are in portrait format and the sizes vary slightly too. This will help stop your Pinterest boards getting too visually uniform.
They are deliberately de-focussed too. As backgrounds you’ll want your message to stand out and a slightly blurry background will  help your text look punchier when you put it on top. They’re great for making quote pins.                                                                           Try one now. Go to the Minetoo Picture library and do a search for ‘background’ or ‘portrait format.’

cards

Snail mail cards are far from dead and there are times when only they will do.
Why not stock up on a few high quality cards to send when the occasion demands.
Choose from anything in the HQ gallery. They come with envelopes.

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star series

Purple

There’s a new gallery in the High Quality section called Purple.
Here’s a quick look. They’re available as prints for sale. Go here to find out more: http://www.minetoo.com/premium_pictures/purple

Christmas

Seasonal Stars

It’s coming and if you’re a traditonal kind of snail mail sender of seasonal greetings then look no further than our Seasonal Stars series.

Lots of different stars to choose from. They make quite a suave and sophisticated  yet neutral Christmas card.

Choose landscape or portrait format and matt or glossy finish. Or why not order a small print?  Turn your image   into a real and exclusive Christmas gift.

Get your order in now well in time for Christmas.

Completely unique to Minetoo.com.

For more details, and more variety, go to our HQ prints page at Minetoo.com and look for the “Seasonal Stars” gallery.

Image Buffer – using blend modes

This is about using blend modes – one of the aspects of Image Buffer which will help your images look cool and  professional.

If you’re new to blend modes you’ll have fun playing around, seeing what comes up. Blending is basically about blending two layers. In  Minetoo’s case

that will usually mean blending  an image with text ( either  your message and or a quote) . The Blend  modes will either lighten or darken the text in relation to the underlying layer or mess around with it in ways to do with colour.

For the more technically minded, here’s what’s going on.

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AfterEffects/9.0/WSFB0FE760-71F3-4616-AE88-275D718E7125a.html

For a rough guide ( very rough).

Lightening options include –  add and screen.

darkening options include – multiply, subtract  and, er, darken.

Other options like overlay, hardlight, difference and invert have a more complex effects and ccan be very striking.

Have fun.